Protector-advertiser.



M. G. DUHAN.

PROTECTOR ADVERTISER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 14, 1914.

1,127,872. Patented Feb.9, 1915.

THE NORRIS PETERS 60.. PHOTO-LITHQ. WASHINGTON. o. c.

MAXWELL G. DUHAN', or nnw YORK, N. Y.

PROTECTOR-ADVERTISER.

menses.

tisers, of which the following is a specifica tion.

This invention relates broadly to improve ments in protectoradvertisers, and more particularly aims to provide an apparatus in thenature of a protector or shield, as for newspapers, periodicals and thelike, adapted to carry thereon and advantageously display advertisingmatter or indicia.

One of the objects thereof is to provide a device of the above typecharacterized by a simple and inexpensive construction, and a sturdinessand rigidity throughout when as sembled, whereby advertising placards orthe like may be preferably readily removably supported thereon.

Another object is to provide such an embodiment adapted to support andshield for display a plurality of wares.

A further object is to provide an embodiment of the invention which maybe readily collapsed into a compact form for storage purposes, and onewhich may be expanded, with a minimum amount of adjustment, to act as aprotector as aforesaid.

Another object is to provide such an embodiment that a roof portion orportions thereof may readily be swung out of the way, preferably withoutdiminishing the classes of advertising placards predetermined to bedisplayed by the device.

A further object is to provide such an embodiment that one or several ofthe relatively movable portions thereof may carry means adapted tocooperate with another or other of said portions whereby in certainadjustments the entire structure is more securely interlocked.

Another object is to provide in connection with said embodiment simpleand reliable anchorage means adapted to maintain rigid the device whenthe latter is partially expanded. y

Other objects and aims of the invention, more or less broad than thoseabove, to gether with the advantages inherent, will be in part obviousand in part specifically referred to in the course of the following description of the elements, combinations, ar-

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 9', 1915..

Application fi1ed July 14, 1914. Serial No. 850,866.

rangements of parts, and applications of principles constituting theinvention; and

the scope of protection contemplated will appear from the claim.

Referring now to the accompanying drawmg, which is to be taken as a partof this specification and wherein is shown one of the various possibleembodiments of the invention as at present preferred, Figure 1 is aperspective view, partially broken away, showing said embodiment fromthe rear, and disclosing the roof-portions 6 and 7 par tially removedand in a process of adjust-' ment depend vertically by gravity fromhinges 9 to lie alongside but in rear of rearwall 5; the roof-portions 6and 7 being shown in broken lines inv another location thereby todisclose the advertising placards which are carried on the innersurfaces thereof Fig. 2 is a perspective view, showing said embodimentas viewed from the front and with roof-portions 6 and 7 lying atopside-walls 4; the roof-portions 6 and 7 being shown in broken lines inanother location intermediate the full line locations thereof shown inFig. 2 and the full line 10- cations thereof shown in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3is a top-plan view showing said embodiment as completely collapsed.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views of the drawing.

In the disclosure, the reference numerals 4 each represents one of apair of companion sidewalls. lhe reference numeral 5 represents' arear-wall and the reference numerals 6 and 7 represent roof-portions.Each side wall i is hinged as shown at 8 to rear-wall 5. Roof-portion 6is hinged as shown at 9 to saidrear-wall 5, and roof-portion 7 is hingedas shown at 10 to said roof-portion 6. Roof portion 6, adjacent each ofits shorter edges. carries a single rib 11, these ribs being adapted tocooperate with side-walls 5 as best shown in Fig. 2, and roof-portion 7carries, adjacent each of its shorter edges, a pair of parallel ribs 12,these ribs being adapted to cooperate with side-walls 5 as best shown insaid Fig. 2; wherefrom it will I be seen that with the embodimentexpanded portion 6 arranged to lie atop side-walls 4, and withroof-portion 7 folded back over roof-portion 6, said roof-portion 6becomes so interlocked with side-walls 4 that said ribs 11 serve toadditionally brace the entire structure.

Each side-wall 4 and rear-wall 5 has swiveled thereon as shown in Fig. 2a hook 13. These hooks are adapted to cooperate with screw-eyes 14suitably anchored below the upper surface of a supporting table or newsstand. With the embodiment expanded and anchored upon a suitablesupport, by means of the cooperation of said hooks and said screw-eyes,it'is clear (whether roofportions 6 and 7 be arranged atop side-walls 4or suspended in the rear of the structure from said hinges 9) that aplurality of newspapers or the like, spread upon the space 15, and alsoa plurality of periodicals or the like arranged preferably to upstand invertical columns behind the preferably flexible strips 16, will bevisible to passersby and exceedingly convenient of removal.

At this point it may be stated that the present embodiment, in itsexpanded condition and with roof-portions 6 and 7 atop side-walls 4, maybe characterized as a foulweather protector-advertiser, and in its expanded condition and with said roof portions suspended as aforesaid fromhinges 9, may be characterized as a fair-weather protectoradvertiser.And now may be described the provision and arrangement of the meanswhich adapt the structure, whether in its foul-weather condition or inits fair-weather condition, to display the same predetermined group ofadvertising placards or the like.

Mounted upon the inner surface of each side-wall 4 (although ofnecessity from the nature of the drawing the inner surface of but oneside-wall 4 is disclosed) are a plurality of channel-means 17 and 18,between which are removably accommodated as shown in Fig. 2 a pluralityof advertising placards A. It will be seen that these placards A,whether the structure after expansion and anchorage be adjusted for foulor fair weather, are always exposed. And on the outer surface of each ofthese sidewalls 4 (although of necessity from the nature of the drawingthe outer surface of but one of side-walls 4 is disclosed) may bemounted a plurality of channel-means 19 and 20 and a retaining clip 21said channelmeans and clip being adapted to have removably mountedthereon a plurality of advertising placards B as shown in Figs.

1 and 2. It will also be seen that these placards B whether thestructure after its expansion and anchorage be adjusted for foul or fairweather, will always be displayed.

Mounted upon the outer surface of rearwall 5 are a plurality ofchannel-means 22 and 23 (see Fig. 1) between which are removablyaccommodated as shown a plurality of advertising placards C and D.

Mounted upon the outer surface of roof portion 6 are a plurality ofchannel-means 24 (see Fig. 2) and upon the inner surface of saidroof-portion (see Fig. 1) are a plurality of channel-means similar tothe channel-means 24; between which are removably accommodated, aspartially shown in Fig. 1, a plurality of advertising placards Cpreferably bearing the same subject matter as advertising placards C.And mounted upon the outer surface of roof-portion 7 (see Fig. 2) andupon the inner surface of said roofportion (see Fig. 1) are a pluralityof channel-means 25; between which are removably accommodated as shownin Figs. 1 and 2 a plurality of advertising placards D preferablybearing the same subject matter as advertising placards D.

It will thus be seen that, whether the embodiment after expansion isarranged for foul weather, or after expansion is .arranged to haveroof-portion 6 lie atop sidewalls 4 and to have roof-portion 7 foldedback over said roof-portion 6, there will always be displayed thecharacteristic and predetermined group of advertising placards comprisedof said placards A, B, C (or their equivalents C) and D (or theirequivalents D).

It will thus be seen that I have provided an embodiment of thisinvention well calculated to attain the various ends and objects thereofas hereinabove set, forth; an embodiment, moreover, that may be suppliedto newsdealers at a minimum or at no expense due to the advertisingrevenue which may be derived therefrom.

Inasmuch as many changes could be made in the above construction, andmany apparently widelydifferent embodiments of my invention could bemade without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that allmatter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanyingdrawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limitingsense.

It is also to beunderstood that the language used in the following claimis intend ed to cover all the generic and specific features of theinvention herein described and all statements of the scope of theinvention which, as a matter of language, might be said to falltherebetween.

I claim In a device of the class described, in combination, a pluralityof side-walls, a rearwall, and a roof-wall, the rear edge of said roofwall and the top edge of said rearwall being hinged together wherebysaid roof-wall may be adjusted either to lie atop said side-walls or todepend vertically from said hinges to lie in rear of said rear-Wall;said roof-Wall carrying duplicate advertising matter on the oppositesurfaces thereof, said roof-Wall including a plurality of sectionsflexibly joined along a line parallel with the said rear-edge of saidroof-Wall and each of said side-Walls having top-conformations adaptedWhen said roof-Wall is arranged atop said side-Walls to disposeobliquely from the horizontal said sections so that the advertisingmatter carried on one of said surfaces will be exposed When saidroof-Wall is so arranged atop said side-Walls, and said rear-Wall beingof a height at least equal to the sum of the Widths of said sections sothat the duplicate advertising matter carried on the other of saidsurfaces will be exposed When said roof-Wall is removed from atop saidside Walls and is arranged to depend vertically as aforesaid, to the endMAXWELL Gr. DUI-IAN. In the presence of BERTHA BLUM, AUGUSTUS M. HENRY.

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